We love bees. We love them so much that Jerry Seinfeld made a movie about them. The industrious little bugs generate the world's supply of honey and inspire folksy art the world over, but they're also a vital part of both our ecosystem and our economy. Without them we'd be in a sea of troubles.
Read MoreFrom killer pachyderms to destructive insects, here are the most dangerous animals in the world.
Read MoreSpiders aren't the kind of critters you can easily sneak up on, and for the 75 percent of our species who find spiders repugnant or terrifying, it's often this constant watchful alertness they find most disconcerting. So that leads us to the slightly weird question: do spiders sleep?
Read MoreFor many humans, chocolate is pretty much heaven in your mouth. However for dogs, death by chocolate isn't just a morbid dessert name. As any responsible dog owner will tell you, chocolate can be a one-way ticket to Casket Town for canines, and the trip to the afterlife is a rough one.
Read MoreGetting struck by lightning is less like being pelted with fast food and more like being punched with Thor's hammer. So let's take a look at how Mother Nature's hammerfist works and what would happen if it hit you. Spoiler alert: nothing good! But possibly not anything necessarily deadly?
Read MoreWhatever your beliefs on Skunk Apes may be, these creatures have become a cult-favorite in cryptozoology circles, and here's why.
Read MoreWho could ever forget the wrestling career of the one and only hardcore legend?
Read MoreFrom overeager runners to laughable MMA fighters, these are the most bizarre disqualifications in sports history.
Read MoreSometimes, a documentary needs to massage the truth if it wants to get an Oscar … assuming there’s any truth to massage at all. From political propaganda to musical tales, these Oscar-nominated documentaries lied to your face.
Read MoreWhile you might mainly know Tory Belleci of MythBusters, it doesn't mean that's all he's been up to. This is the untold story of Tory Belleci from MythBusters.
Read MoreSherpas have been helping foreigners up and down Mt. Everest, but what is it really like to be a Sherpa on that massive mountain?
Read MoreWhen the infamous bank robber and outlaw John Dillinger was buried in an Indiana cemetery, his relatives put him under 3 feet of concrete and scrap metal. Now they're going to dig John Dillinger up and see what they find. Here's the true story of John Dillinger.
Read MoreWe like to imagine it as a cultured and sophisticated society, but in reality, there’s absolutely no way you’d survive life in ancient Greece.
Read MoreHumans love sports. We're thrilled by skilled competition, dazzling displays of hand-eye coordination, and impossible acrobatics that entertain, inspire, and sometimes cause severe injury. But which entertaining and inspirational sport causes the most, worst injuries?
Read MoreThese days, the word "daddy" followed by "long-legs" sounds more like a description of Jeff Goldblum than a colloquial title for a kind of arachnid. The truth is, everything you think you know about these eight-legged fellows -- like the "fact" that they're crazy poisonous -- might be wrong.
Read MoreOut of all hosts of the MythBusters Build Team, Grant Imahara was the most capable at building stuff. Here's the untold truth of Grant Imahara from MythBusters.
Read MoreSt. Patrick is a renowned saint, but not everyone may know he was a real person who lived in the fifth century. Here's everything we know about St. Patrick.
Read MorePlagues have killed people throughout history in painful, horrible ways. But without seeing the devastation firsthand, it’s easy to think you’d survive.
Read MoreAntarctica has a ton of frozen treasures waiting to be discovered. Here are some of the craziest frozen treasures found in Antarctica.
Read MoreDespite getting a bum rap from humanity for their Biblical association with evil and trickery, snakes play a vital role in the circle of life. They are known predators of a voluminous amount of species, and to many others they are a delicious, nutritious source of limbless, slithering protein.
Read MoreFrom third world towns to major North American metros, these are some of the most violent cities you should definitely avoid.
Read MoreThe sun is the yeast which allows the dough of life to arise, without which humanity would never have bred. It comprises over 99.8 percent of all mass in our solar system, which formed around it about 4.6 billion years ago. So what will happen when our heavenly benefactor dies?
Read MoreWhen you wake up, step outside, and take your first full breath of the outdoors, you hope and pray that the air is clean.
Read MoreMosquitoes, those flying, buzzing, blood-sucking harbingers of itchiness. Here's the real reason mosquitoes love you so much.
Read MoreWith everything from chilling references to other games, hidden messages, and gruesome theories about everyone's favorite Companion Cube, here are some of the creepiest things in Portal.
Read MoreEverywhere you drive, people or things are constantly reminding you to buckle up. That's what makes it all the weirder that when kids get on a school bus, there are no seatbelts to be found. How is that legal? Well, here are the details you need to know about why buses don’t have seatbelts.
Read MoreThe Kennedy family has occupied a revered place in American politics over the last century or so. Here's the truth behind the "Kennedy curse."
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